050-696 · Question #178
The WIDGET1 OES NetWare server resides in .SLC . WIDGET. All of its associated volume objects reside in the same context. The JJenkins user object also resides in .SLC . WIDGET. What rights does he…
The correct answer is D. Read, File Scan. In Novell NetWare, the [Public] trustee is assigned Read and File Scan rights to SYS:\PUBLIC by default, so all authenticated users automatically receive those two rights to that directory.
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- ARead
- BSupervisor
- CRead, Write
- DRead, File Scan
- ERead, Write, Create
- FWrite, Create, Erase
- GRead, Erase, File Scan
- HRead, Write, Create, Erase
- IRead, Write, Create, Erase, Modify
- JJenkins has no rights to SYS:\PUBLIC.
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(39 responses)- D72% (28)
- E3% (1)
- F5% (2)
- G15% (6)
- I5% (2)
Why each option
In Novell NetWare, the [Public] trustee is assigned Read and File Scan rights to SYS:\PUBLIC by default, so all authenticated users automatically receive those two rights to that directory.
Read alone is not the complete default because File Scan is also granted via the [Public] trustee assignment to SYS:\PUBLIC.
Supervisor rights are not granted by default to SYS:\PUBLIC for ordinary authenticated users.
Read and Write is not the default assignment; Write would allow users to place or overwrite files in SYS:\PUBLIC, which is not the intended default.
NetWare automatically assigns the [Public] trustee Read and File Scan rights to the SYS:\PUBLIC directory so that all network users can browse and execute the public utilities stored there. Because JJenkins is an authenticated user object, he inherits these [Public] trustee rights and has exactly Read and File Scan access to SYS:\PUBLIC regardless of his container location.
Read, Write, and Create exceed the [Public] trustee default; Write and Create are not granted by default to SYS:\PUBLIC.
Write, Create, and Erase are not granted by default and would allow unintended modification or deletion of public utilities.
Erase is not included in the [Public] trustee default assignment to SYS:\PUBLIC.
Read, Write, Create, and Erase represent elevated rights that are never part of the default [Public] trustee assignment for SYS:\PUBLIC.
This set adds Modify on top of already excessive rights; none of Write, Create, Erase, or Modify are in the default [Public] trustee assignment.
JJenkins does have rights to SYS:\PUBLIC by virtue of the [Public] trustee assignment that applies to all network users by default.
Concept tested: NetWare [Public] trustee default rights to SYS:\PUBLIC
Source: https://www.novell.com/documentation/oes2015/bsinfo_enu/data/bsinfo_enu.html
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